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What is a Primary Care Doctor?

A primary care provider (PCP) is a physician who provides initial care for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care for various medical conditions. Your primary care provider may alternatively be referred to as you general practitioner (GP). General practice envelops all ages, genders, every organ systems and every illness. They are also qualified to treat women's health.

Women's Health

Obstetrics and gynecology are two fields of medicine that involve the female reproductive organs.

Contraception

Contraception, or birth control, refers to different techniques to prevent pregnancy. Birth control pills have two hormones in them, estrogen and progestin, which prevent the women from ovulating and alter the cervical mucus to make it hard for the sperm to find the egg.

Intrauterine Contraception

Copper T Intrauterine Device (IUD) – is a T shaped, small device that is placed in the uterus and can stay implanted for up to 10 years.

Levonorgestrel Intrauterine System (IUS) – is another T shaped device that is placed in the uterus and releases progestin and can stay implanted for 5 years.

Hormonal Methods

Implant – is a single plastic rod that is placed on the upper arm of a woman. It releases progestin and can last up to 3 years.

Injection – is a hormone injection of progestin.

Combined oral contraceptives

Progestin only pill – is a oral contraceptive that only contains progestin

Patch – is a skin patch that secretes estrogen and progestin into the blood stream. This patch must be worn on either the lower abdomen, upper body area, or the buttocks and is changed once every week for three weeks. A patch is not worn on the fourth week to allow for a menstrual period.

Hormonal vaginal contraceptive ring – is inserted into the vagina and releases progestin and estrogen. This ring stays in place for 3 weeks and then taken out in order for the women to have her period. On the fourth week, a new ring is inserted.

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